The fascinating and entertaining story of the eighteenth-century beauty and bigamist, Elizabeth Chudleigh
After reading history at Oxford University, Claire Gervat worked briefly in the City. She then worked in magazines before moving to the Independent where she worked for several years, mainly as a subeditor. Claire has been a freelance travel writer for the past few years, contributing to many national newspapers and magazines, and has occasionally appeared on television to talk about holidays. She also writes 'The Trader', a humorous weekly column about the life of a fictional city girl, in the Independent.
"... Gervat delivers a racy, enjoyable tale in an effervescent and readable style. Filled with juicy details and new archival research from Britain and the former Soviet Union, this is truly colourful entertainment." Sunday Times Culture 20030606 "Gervat's research is immaculate and she shapes her story around a sympathetic grasp of the difficulties faced by the upper-class woman negotiating the rocky waters between love, the law, and public honour. Elizabeth is more than anything, however, a study of snobbery and self-deception and it is this that makes is such a grippingly good read." Sunday Telegraph 20030606 "Clare Gervat writes with sympathy and much good sense, backed up by sound scholarship, about a real-life woman in the round." The Spectator 20030725
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